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Harry Anderson (1951
- ) Actor and magician. He
starred in the sit-com
Night Court; born in
Newport.
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Nicholas Brown
(1729 - 1791) An
instrumental figure in
convincing leaders to ratify
the U.S. Constitution; Rhode
Island College was renamed
Brown University after him.
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George Michael Cohan
(1878 - 1942) Composer and
actor who is called the
father of U.S. musical
comedy; born in Providence.
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Bobby (Robert Leo) Hackett
(1915-1976) Jazz trumpeter;
born and raised in
Providence.
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Julia Ward Howe
(1819 - 1910) Reformer,
writer, and poet that wrote
the words to “The Battle
Hymn of the Republic”; lived
in Portsmouth and Newport.
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Napoleon (Larry) Lajoie
(1874 - 1959) Baseball
player elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame in
1937; born in Woonsocket.
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H.P. (Howard Phillips)
Lovecraft (1890 -
1937) Author. He wrote the
book Necronomicon
and was interested in
science fiction and
supernatural stories; born
in Providence
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Horace Mann (1796 -
1859) Known as the father of
American public education
and served as the first head
of the Massachusetts state
board of education;
graduated from Brown
University.
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Samuel Slater (1768
- 1835) English manufacturer
who built the first
water-powered textile mill
in 1791 in Pawtucket;
migrated to Rhode Island in
1780.
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Gilbert Stuart (1755
- 1828) Artist that painted
the George Washington that
appears on the dollar bill;
born in Saunderstown.
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Roger Williams (1604
- 1683) He was a Puritan
leader and the founder of
Rhode Island.
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Famous People of
Rhode Island